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The weird and the wonderful, August 17

17 Aug 2013

A mountaintop-shaped villa built on top of a 26-storey apartment block in Beijing drew worldwide mockery this week, and led local officials to issue an ultimatum for the owner to get rid of it. The news has drawn attention to other outlandish structures on the mainland. It seems nothing too tacky is beyond reach for some entrepreneurs. From perching a fighter plane on top of a restaurant to having an illegal building envelop high-voltage power lines, anything is possible.

A mountaintop-shaped villa built on top of a 26-storey apartment block in Beijing drew worldwide mockery this week, and led local officials to issue an ultimatum for the owner to get rid of it. The news has drawn attention to other outlandish structures on the mainland. It seems nothing too tacky is beyond reach for some entrepreneurs. From perching a fighter plane on top of a restaurant to having an illegal building envelop high-voltage power lines, anything is possible. An office building (above) is topped off in the shape of a wine bottle at the Wuliangye wine company in Yibin, Sichuan province. Photo: Imaginechina